USD to host first-round of WNIT

VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO) — The USD women’s basketball team is set to host UC Riverside for the first-round game of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament at 7 p.m. Friday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion. The Coyotes and the Highlanders have played in a home-and-home series during the 2016-17 and the 2017-18 seasons with South Dakota winning both meetings. Kayla Karius was an assistant on the Coyote bench for both games. This is USD’s sixth trip to the WNIT, winning it all in 2016. The winner on Friday...